Names

Names

            My name is Jesus Cervantes. The name Jesus was given to me by my mother Lorena and my father Jesus. My dad’s dad is also Jesus. The name Jesus is obviously most famous by Jesus Christ. The most obvious reason I can think of why I was given Jesus because it was my dads name. If my dad had a different name other than Jesus I think my name would be something different. The name Jesus gives a clue to my heritage because my family is mostly catholic and the name Jesus is very famous in that religion and all over the world. For this reason I feel that my name carries a lot of weight and I will be respected just by name alone. I feel that someone will be careful of how they act towards. I feel that people wont do anything negative towards me because they probably will feel that they are disrespecting Jesus Christ if they are religious. I myself do not believe in Jesus Christ so to me the name Jesus is just a normal name, but to the people who believe in him will probably respect me. Even though my name is Jesus my family and friends all call me Jesse. They all do it because I think Jesus sounds too formal to say in a non-formal setting. For these reasons it feels like a chore to say my real name to new people that I meet. I would love to change my name to Jesse because it feels like me it fits who I am. Jesse feels like a name of a carefree person who likes to have fun. I do not like telling people my name is Jesus because it feels too formal to me. My last name Cervantes originates from Spain Cervantes means the servant of the lord. I do not like the meaning of my whole name at all because it all has to do with religion. My name literally means servant of the lord and that does not fit who I am because I do not believe in Jesus Christ. When I add my last name Cervantes to Jesus it feels nasty to say because my name is all in Spanish. I would like to have a name that was said in English because we live in America and it would flow smoothly to say an English name in normal conversations. If I could change my whole name I would love to change it to Jesse Chase. I feel that this would be a nice name for me because it is short and easy to say and easy to remember. Changing my first name to Jesse would be an easy transition because all my family and friends already call me that and I like it. The last name originates from medieval times and was used by skilled hunters. The last name Chase is also short and easy to say and it has a nice ring to it “Jesse Chase.”